Canoeing/Kayaking

Sandy Beach at Yuba Lake

20 RV Sites, 6 Cabins, 1 Glamping Site, 3 Airstreams, 1 Tiny House

Sandy Beach at Yuba Lake in Levan, Utah, offers 20 beachfront RV parking sites, seven cabin and tiny-house units, and four Airstream and glamping accommodations on Yuba Reservoir, behind a gated entrance. Boat docks, kayak rentals, and a sandy beach anchor a lake resort in Juab County's central Utah high desert. Accommodations divide clearly. Twenty beach parking sites serve self-contained RVs — note these are beachfront parking rather than full-hookup sites, so arrive prepared with water and power. Seven cabins and tiny houses and four Airstream and glamping units provide furnished lodging for guests without a rig. Restrooms and showers are on site, and a gated entrance controls access. The reservoir is the whole point. Yuba's 22,000 acres on the Sevier River support boating, fishing, paddle boarding, canoeing, and kayaking, with boat docks and kayak rentals on site and a sandy beach for swimming. A recreation center, picnicking areas, hiking, and biking fill the rest, with OHV terrain nearby and a state park close by. Juab County's minimal light pollution makes the stargazing genuinely exceptional — one of the least-visited lake destinations in Utah's reservoir system, and it shows at night. Pets are welcome. Directions: take exit 202 off I-15, head east on Old Yuba Dam Road about two miles, turn left on Old Botham Road at the "Welcome to Yuba Lake Recreation Area" sign, continue about a mile, and the cedar post fence entrance is on your right. Summer boating season drives demand from the Salt Lake City and Provo corridors. Reserve ahead for warm-weather weekends.

from $25/night

Village Camp Moab

87 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 2 Cottages, 4 Houses

Village Camp Moab in Utah offers 87 full-hookup RV sites and nine cabin, cottage, and house units minutes from Arches National Park, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 80 feet. Elite pull-in, premium back-in with pergola, and deluxe categories join a pool, hot tub, fitness center, and clubhouse. Eighty-seven sites span deluxe back-in, deluxe pull-through, premium back-in, premium back-in with pergola, elite back-in, and elite pull-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 80 feet. The pergola sites are the standout — genuine shade structures, which in the Moab desert is worth more than almost any other upgrade. Accessible sites are available. Nine cabins, cottages, and houses round out the lodging. A laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with a fitness center, clubhouse, boutique shop, on-site dining, sports courts, pickleball, corn hole, a pond, and dog park filling the grounds. Hiking, biking, boating, paddle boarding, and a state park are all close. Pets are welcome. The property sits on the south side of the Colorado River, minutes from the Arches entrance — the closest full-service RV and cabin resort to the park, with Canyonlands and the Moab slickrock beyond. Spring and fall are peak in Moab. Reserve well ahead for March through May and September through October.

from $71/night

HTR Moab Lodge & Cottages

6 Tent Sites, 13 Glamping Sites, 19 Cottages, 9 Motel Rooms

Perched in the high desert terrain just outside downtown Moab, Utah, HTR Moab Lodge & Cottages offers one of the most diverse accommodation rosters of any camping property in canyon country—combining vacation rental cottages, lodge rooms, safari tents with queen beds, and traditional tent sites under a single property with shared amenities and a community-first atmosphere. The location at the convergence of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, world-class mountain biking terrain, and the Colorado River corridor places HTR Moab at the center of Utah's most in-demand outdoor destination. The property's lodging options span a wide range of comfort levels, from deluxe vacation rental cottages with full furnishings to safari tents equipped with queen beds, motion-sensor lighting, and sweeping desert views that bring glamping-style amenities into an outdoor setting. Lodge rooms and traditional tent sites fill out the accommodation spectrum, giving groups with different preferences the ability to stay together under one property. Modern bathrooms and deluxe showers, a well-stocked general store, and EV charging stations address everyday practical needs without requiring a separate drive into town for supplies or services. The community kitchen is among the property's most distinctive features—an open, shared cooking space that naturally brings guests together at the end of days spent in the canyons, fostering the informal social dynamic that distinguishes HTR Moab from a conventional campground or standard hotel stay. The setting encourages connections between travelers, and the shared spaces create an atmosphere well suited to solo travelers and groups who value the social dimension of a stay alongside the outdoor recreation that defines the Moab area. Biking, bird-watching, boating on the Colorado River, and stargazing in Moab's dark desert skies round out the activity options accessible from the property. Arches National Park, with its iconic sandstone formations including Delicate Arch and the Windows Section, is the most visited destination near the property, while Canyonlands National Park's Island in the Sky district offers mesa-top overlooks above the Green and Colorado River confluence. Downtown Moab is minutes away for dining, outfitter rentals, bike shop services, and resupply, and the surrounding canyon country trail network—spanning slickrock routes, desert hiking paths, and river put-ins along the Colorado—is one of the most extensive in the American Southwest. HTR Moab Lodge & Cottages draws visitors across an extended season, with spring and fall representing the most comfortable windows for outdoor activity in the desert. Summer brings intense heat requiring early morning starts for hiking and biking, while cooler months make the canyon landscape particularly vivid under low-angle light. Reservations for cottages and safari tents should be secured well in advance for spring and fall weekends, as peak-season demand from national park visitors frequently fills the property ahead of arrival dates. Guests arriving by electric vehicle will find the on-site EV charging stations a practical convenience in a destination where many visitors log significant daily mileage between trailheads and canyon viewpoints.

from $39/night

Camp Eddy

Camp Eddy sits within Las Colonias Park on the banks of the Colorado River in Grand Junction, Colorado—a modern RV and tiny home resort that opened in 2022 with a design philosophy built around the river rather than against it, positioning guests on the Colorado's shore with direct water access for paddleboarding, swimming, and kayaking in a park environment that also includes a paved river bikeway, an outdoor amphitheater half a mile upstream, and the walkable trail infrastructure of Las Colonias Park throughout the property's immediate surroundings. The combination of the river, the park, and the resort's well-designed communal spaces makes Camp Eddy one of the most thoughtfully conceived new RV properties in western Colorado. Full hookup RV sites with water, electric, and sewer run alongside the resort's modern amenity cluster: the Hub—a communal living room with games, TV, lounge furniture, and free coffee, tea, and hot cocoa—a riverside patio for outdoor gathering, a camp store, laundry with modern machines, private shower facilities, a fitness and weight room, and a dog park. A community fire pit and boat ramp serve evening gathering and river access respectively, and walking trails from the property connect to the broader Las Colonias Park trail network. The riverside patio overlooking the Colorado River is the social center of the property, positioned to make the most of the river views and the morning and evening light across the Grand Valley. The Colorado River at Grand Junction runs through the final stretch of the Grand Valley before entering the canyons that ultimately feed Lake Powell—a section of the river that the Las Colonias Park's whitewater park improvements have enhanced with paddling features that make the in-town river reach productive for kayakers and SUP paddlers who want moving water without committing to a full river trip. The paved riverside bikeway connects Camp Eddy to Las Colonias Park's outdoor amphitheater within a half-mile walking or biking distance, creating a combined camp and live music infrastructure that makes summer evenings at the property particularly appealing. Colorado National Monument is 15 minutes from the campground, with its 23-mile Rim Rock Drive traversing the dramatic sandstone canyon rim above Grand Junction in a self-contained scenic experience that can be completed as a morning or afternoon day trip before returning to the river for the afternoon. The Palisade wine country east of Grand Junction—over two dozen wineries operating in the Grand Valley AVA's hot days and cold nights high desert viticulture environment—provides tasting room touring within easy driving distance. Grand Mesa National Forest, the world's largest flat-topped mountain at over 10,000 feet, rises to the east and provides the full range of alpine outdoor recreation from hiking and mountain biking to fishing in the mesa's numerous high lakes. Camp Eddy operates through the Colorado camping season, typically spring through fall, in a high desert climate where Grand Junction's long summer days and consistently warm temperatures make the Colorado River access and the pool-free cooling option of river swimming particularly valuable. The bikeway, the amphitheater, the whitewater park, and the wine country make it a compelling multi-day stay destination rather than simply a corridor stop, and the design quality of the Hub and riverside patio infrastructure gives the property a social character that isolated full hookup parks cannot replicate.

from $28/night

Big Rock Candy Mountain Resort

34 RV Sites

Big Rock Candy Mountain Resort in Sevier, Utah, offers 34 RV sites with full and partial hookups at the base of the actual Big Rock Candy Mountain, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 80 feet. A zip line through the canyon, bike rentals, on-site dining, and Sevier River access make this a destination rather than a roadside stop on US-89. Thirty-four sites run from water-and-electric back-ins to full-hookup back-in and pull-through configurations carrying 30 and 50-amp, sized to 80 feet, with fire pits. A general store, propane fills, laundry, restrooms, showers, and a dump station handle the practical side. One important caveat: cell service at the resort is essentially non-existent, with coverage available four miles south and seven miles north. There are no phones in the cabins or inn suites, and no payphones — a landline in the convenience store is available during operating hours. The canyon setting drives the recreation. A zip line runs through the colorful canyon terrain, bike rentals open the riverside trail, and the Sevier River supports kayaking, canoeing, and fishing for brown and rainbow trout. Hiking trails climb into the canyon, a recreation center and planned activities fill the calendar, and an on-site dining room covers meals. Off-roading and boating are nearby. Pets are welcome. The mountain itself is the landmark — sulfur-yellow, iron-red, and manganese-white mineral deposits in the canyon walls that gave the classic American folk song its image of an effortless paradise. The resort sits on the US-89 scenic corridor between Richfield and Marysvale. Summer is the peak season for the zip line, river, and trail access; plan communications around the lack of cell coverage before you arrive.

from $42/night

River Dance RV Resort

39 RV Sites

On the banks of the Eagle River in Gypsum, Colorado—in the broad valley between the Flat Tops Wilderness and the southern edge of the White River National Forest, 20 minutes west of Vail and 15 minutes east of Glenwood Springs—River Dance RV Resort occupies a riverside position in one of Colorado's most recreationally rich mountain valleys, offering full hookup sites with private Eagle River frontage for fishing, tubing, and kayaking alongside a resort amenity package that includes a swimming pool, hot tub, fitness center, dog park, and clubhouse in a setting where the Vail Valley's extraordinary outdoor recreation inventory is immediately and easily accessible. For Colorado Rockies travelers who want a Vail Valley experience without Vail prices, Gypsum's Eagle River corridor delivers the mountain landscape and the river access without the resort town premium. Full hookup sites with 30 and 50-amp electric service, water, and sewer provide the practical infrastructure alongside flat, stable pads and WiFi connectivity throughout the property. A general store, laundry, clean bathrooms and showers, and walking trails complete the on-site amenity set. The private Eagle River frontage is the resort's most distinctive feature—guests can fish for the brown and rainbow trout that the Eagle River supports in the stretches above Gypsum from directly behind their sites, and kayaking, tubing, and wading are available without driving to a separate access point. A Park & Porch tiny home village on the property extends accommodation options beyond traditional RV sites for guests who want a more permanent-feeling structure. Gypsum sits in Eagle County in the Eagle River Valley, where the river's lower reach flows through a broader agricultural and residential valley before joining the Colorado River at the town of Eagle. The surrounding landscape transitions between the sagebrush and pinyon-juniper hillsides of the valley floor and the spruce-fir forests that begin at higher elevations in the adjacent national forest. The valley's characteristic warm, dry Colorado summer climate—sunny days, cool nights, and the dry air that makes Colorado's heat genuinely comfortable—makes the Eagle River corridor one of the most pleasant outdoor recreation environments in the Rocky Mountain region. Vail, 20 minutes east on Interstate 70, provides year-round destination recreation: world-class skiing and snowboarding on Vail Mountain in winter, and the summer transformation into hiking, mountain biking on the Epic Discovery network, the Vail Gondola providing summit access, and the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens—the highest public botanical garden in North America. Glenwood Springs, 15 minutes west, offers the world-famous Glenwood Hot Springs pool—the largest natural hot springs pool in the world—and Glenwood Canyon's extraordinary scenery on the Colorado River. River Dance operates year-round in a Colorado mountain valley that provides genuine recreational appeal in every season—skiing and snowshoeing in winter, the Eagle River's peak fishing and paddling in spring and summer, Vail's mountain biking and hiking in summer, and the remarkable fall foliage of the aspen forests turning gold throughout Eagle County from mid-September through early October. Reserve your Eagle River site at River Dance and let the Vail Valley's mountain recreation and the river running outside your door make this Gypsum campground the Colorado basecamp you'll return to every season.

from $70/night